Section: US & Canada
Spy Murder Probe Likely to Further Strain British-Russian Relations
With relations between Russia and the West spiraling to new lows over Ukraine, bilateral ties between London and Moscow themselves are becoming more strained as the inquest into the murder of a former Russian spy gets underway. A judge this week began hearings into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, who died in 2006 after ingesting polonium-210,...
Ukraine Fighting Continues as Talks Stall
Envoys representing Ukraine, Russia and a European monitoring group opened a new round of cease-fire talks in Belarus on Saturday, but without leaders of the Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: The New York...
Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies
The government-held town of Debaltseve has been without power, water and gas for at least 10 days, prompting many to flee from an intense artillery duel between government and Russian-backed separatist forces. …read more Source:...
Chechnya’s Lost Boys
When the cold weather came, Liza Mazhayeva was busy with her daily routine: cooking food for four children, two grandkids, and her sick husband, even while doing her best to keep the ramshackle house clean despite its broken roof and windows. Her life was little different from that of thousands of other obedient and God-fearing Chechen housewives...
Ukraine peace talks end without agreement: Kiev envoy
Kiev (AFP) – Peace talks to thrash out a truce agreement between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine ended without a deal Saturday, Kiev’s representatives at the talks in Minsk said.Former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma told Interfax Ukraine news agency that the summit had “broken up in failure” after top rebel leaders...
Ukraine, Rebels Hold Fresh Peace Talks as Fighting Rages in East
Ukrainian and Russian representatives and separatist envoys met in a new round of peace talks on Saturday as fighting between Kiev’s forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged on in Ukraine’s east, claiming more civilian and military lives. The main members of the so-called contact group – Ukrainian former president Leonid...
Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – Outgoing heavy-calibre fire boomed incessantly, shaking the ground and rattling windows around the besieged town. Residents of Debaltseve, seemingly inured to the racket, listened impassively as they mustered at the town hall on Saturday to be evacuated with as many belongings as they could carry. The government-held town...
Snizhne Journal: A Silver Lining Coated in Coal Dust in Eastern Ukraine
The rebel government has lifted a ban on private coal mining, a widespread practice in the financially struggling region. …read more Source: The New York...
Do-It-Yourself Mining in Eastern Ukraine
The rebel government has lifted a ban on private coal mining, a widespread practice in the financially struggling region. …read more Source: The New York...
Pro-Russia separatists say they’ve trapped thousands of Ukraine troops
Pro-Russia separatists claimed Saturday that they had trapped thousands of Ukrainian government troops in the course of fierce fighting in Ukraine’s troubled east. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
